The Governor's School is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. The program, open to rising seniors only (with some exceptions made for rising juniors in the performing/visual arts area), is located on two college campuses, Salem College in Winston-Salem and Meredith College in Raleigh. The sessions will run June 16 to July 20.

Over 800 students were selected to attend. The Governor's School is administered by the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction through the Exceptional Children Division. A Board of Governors is appointed by the State Board of Education to act as an advisory body.